Apparatus for dispensing and warming liquids



Jan. 13, 1959 H. G. SMITH 2,868,416

APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING AND WARMING LIQUIDS Filed Dec. 13, 1956 3 Z? 3 29 Hafo/d 6. Smifh INVEN United dtates Patent APPARATUS FOR DESPENSING AND WARMENG LIQUIDS Harold G. Smith, Lewiston, Idaho, assignor of one-halt to Edgar Lee Smith, Seattle, Wash.

Application December 13, 1956, Serial No. 628,197

1 Claim. (Cl. 222146) My invention relates to improvements in apparatus for dispensing and warming hair shampoo and other hair and scalp treating liquids in beauty parlors, and the like.

The primary object of my invention is to provide apparatus for the above purpose adapted for attachment to a wall or the like over a sink and which embodies means for maintaining warm a number of different hair shampoo or other hair and scalp treating liquids supplied from individual gravity feed containers in which the liquids are readily visible to ascertain the amounts dispensed, together with means for dispensing the liquids selectively and conveniently on the hair and head in variable amounts, all for the purpose of saving time and labor and obviating waste in applying such liquids.

Another object is to provide apparatus for accomplishing the above which is of simple, inexpensive construction, practical and safe to use.

These, together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent, reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which: v

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improved apparatus attached to a wall;

Figure 2 is an enlarged view in vertical longitudinal section of the same partly broken away, taken on line 22 of Figure l; and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view in vertical transverse section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2 and partly broken away.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, the apparatus of my invention comprises an oblong rectangular warming tank of any suitable material, having end walls 3, front and rear walls, 5, 7, top and bottom walls 9, 11, and a plurality of transverse vertical partition walls 13 dividing the tank 1 into a plurality of warming compartments of substantially uniform size for containing the different liquids. Suitable attaching brackets, as at 10, on the rear wall 7 are provided for suspending the tank 1 horizontally on a room wall 12 over a sink, not shown.

The compartments 15 are supplied by individual transparent containers in the form of inverted bottles 17 rising from the top wall 9 in the center of the compartments 15 and having threaded necks 19 turned, with a leakproof fit, into threaded necks 21 depending from said top wall 9 into the compartments 15. The bottles 17 are open at the bottoms thereof for filling with the different liquids and are provided with closure flaps 23 for said bottoms hinged thereto, as at 25.

The warming means comprises a closed, shallow rectangular casing 27 for a pair of the electric heating coils 29 and which extends beneath the bottom wall 11 of the tank 1 and is fitted and suitably secured against said bottom Wall 11 and within a depending edge skirt 31 .Eatented Jan. 13, 1959 on the bottom wall 11 which overlies the upper portion of the casing 27. The heating coils 29 extend longitudinally in the casing 27 and are suitably attached in one end of the casing 27, as at 33, with ends suitably extended out of the other end of said casing 27 and connected by a cable 35 to a plug 37 for plugging into an electric outlet, as at 39.

Separate gravity discharge hose lines 41 for the compartments 15 are attached at one end, as at 43, to the front wall 5 at the bottom of the compartments 15 and are provided on their other ends with valve equipped nozzles 45, whereby liquid may be dispensed from the compartments 15 selectively in variable amounts.

Forked hangers 47 are provided on the front wall 5 above the attached ends of the hose lines 41 for hanging the nozzles 45 therein when not in use.

Referring to the use and operation of the apparatus, the tank 1 is attached to a room wall 12, or the like, at a height such that liquid will issue from the compartments 15 through the hose lines 41 under the influence of gravity and with sutficient force to cause the nozzles 45 to eject liquid. The bottles 17 are filled with the different liquids and supply the compartments 15' by gravity feed from said bottles and the amount used from each bottle at each shampoo or other treatment may be readily checked by the level in the bottles. The electric heating coils 29 supply heat to the warming compartments 15 to warm the liquids therein and maintain the same warm at a suflicient temperature for application to the head and hair with better results than when cold.

In environments where space is limited, the bottles 17 may be removed, the compartments 15 filled through the necks 21 and the tank 1, hose lines 41 and nozzles 45 and warming means used without the botles.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

Apparatus for dispensing warmed hair and scalp heat ing liquid comprising a closed tank forming a compartment having a bottom wall and a top wall provided with a depending threaded neck, an open bottom liquid containing bottle rising from said top wall and inverted with a neck threaded into the first named neck for gravity feed of liquid from the bottle into the compartment, a hinged closure flap on the bottom of the bottle for opening said bottle for introducing liquid therein, a closed heated chamber on and below said bottom wall for warm ing the liquid in the compartment, and discharge means on said compartment for the warmed liquid.

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